Method of and means for photographically copying checks, documents, etc.



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Patented Sept. 17, 1940 METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR PHOTO- GRAPHICALLY, COPYING CHECKS, DOCU- MENTS, ETC. "i

Albert L. Adatte, Bound Brook, N. J., and John V. Lizars, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Original application November 15, 1938, Serial No. 240,466. Divided and this application June 28, 1939, Serial No. 281,596

8 Claims. (Cl. 271-53) I'his is a division of our application Serial No. 240,466, entitled: "Method of and means for photographically copying checks, documents, etc., filed November 15, 1938.

The invention relates to the photography and more particularly to photographic apparatus to record discreet documents, drawings, and such matter.

One object of the invention is to provide apparatus for intermittent operation which permits simultaneously recording both the obverse and reverse faces of sheets of variable length.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of new and improved means to insure alignment of the sheet being fed in such a manner as to eiect maximum economy of film.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a machine of the class described in which the sheet to be photographed will function to initiate a cyclic operation of the machine.

A further object of the invention is to provide a document photographing apparatus in which all mechanical elements are normally at rest and the illuminating means deenergized; the insertion of a sheet or document to be photographed functioning to set the machine in motion and to energize the illuminating means'.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of manually adjustable means to control the length or duration of a cycle of operations initiated by the insertion of the document to be photographed.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a plurality of circuit-making contacts arranged in series'relationship between a source of electrical energy and the mechanism of the machine in such manner that a document to be photographed must be caused to engage each of said plurality of contacts to initiate operation of the machine, thereby additionally securing alignment of the images of the document lon the film.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent in the following descriptionpf a preferred embodiment of the invention which has been selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings. It will be understood, however, that many changes in form, construction and arrangement may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

Referring now to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a machine embodying a preferred form of the invention. t

Figure 2 is a plan view of the machine shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the machine shown in Figures 1 and Figure 4 is an enlarged elevation of the left 5 end of the machine as viewed in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the structure shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an end elevation of part of the mechanism shown in Figures 4 and 5 and is taken in the plane 6-6 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is an end elevation taken in the plane 'I-'I of Figure 4.

Figure 8 is an end elevation taken in the plane 8-8 of Figure 4. A

Figure 9 is an end elevation taken in the plane 9 9 of Figure 4.

Figure 10 is a front elevation of the camera of the device and its related driving mechanism.

Figure 11 is a side elevation taken in the plane II-II of Figure 10 and likewise shows the camera and its driving mechanism.

Figure 12 is an enlarged plan view of the camera and related structures shown in Figures l0 and 11.

Figure 13 is a detailed view of one element of the driving connection between the feeding and camera recording elements of the apparatus.

Figure 14 is a diagram of the electric circuits.

In the drawings the apparatus is conveniently housed in a cabinet consisting of side and end walls III and II, depending legs I2 and a separable top I3, removal of which affordsI access to the mechanism of the machine for purposes of maintenance and repair.

The operative elements of the apparatus, as well as its camera and related driving mechanisms are supported on longitudinally extending angular frame members I4 and I5 which in turn are carried by the side walls of the cabinet and maintained in fixed relationship by crossbars I6, a plurality of which are utilized between the ends of frame members I4 and I5.

Referring now particularly to the lefthand end of the machine as viewed in Figures 1 to 5 in- 5 clusive: The upper surface of the cabinet delines a feed table I1 from which documents to be photographed are fed into the machine, the documents subsequently being discharged in a removable hopper I8 (Fig. 3). Simultaneously with the movement of the document through the machine, its obverse and reverse faces are photographed on a lm carried in a -camera I9 which is operated simultaneously with the driving of the document, the surfaces of which are rethe bearing walls 26 and 21.

iiected on the film in the camera IS through similar angularly disposed mirrors 20 and 2l.

Considering more particularly the feeding of the document from its position on the table I1 to its point of discharge in the hopper I8: As shown in Figures 8 and 9, a feed roller 25 whose peripheral surface is tangential with the surface of the feed table I1, ls journaled in bearing walls 26 and 21 (Fig. 4) which in turn are rigidly supported in an upright position on cross pieces I6 by means of angular bars 28. A second feed roller 29, journaled on a movable axis above the feed roller 25, is adapted to be raised or lowered into engagement with the roller 25 to positively feed a document to the right as shown in Figure 9 so as to cause the latter to move between the mirrors 20 and 2l. To this latter end the roller 29 is journaled adjacent its ends on generally similar arms 30 (Fig. 8) which in turn are carried by a shaft 3l rotatably supported in The arms 30 are constrained to move in unison by means of a bail 32 rigidly attached to similar leftwardly extending lugs formed on the arms 30.

The feed roller 25 is drivingly connected to a short shaft 35 by a gear train including a gear 36 fixed adjacent the left end of the feed roller shaft as viewed in Figure 4 which meshes with a gear 31 flxed to the short shaft 35. Shaft 35 is `)ournaled adjacent its ends in the bearing plate 26 and a bracket 38 which is supported in iixed spaced relationship from the bearing plate 26 by means such as shouldered studs 39.

To insure complete travel of the full length of the document through the field of the reiiecting mirrors 20 and 2 I, a second set of feed rollers are provided on that side of the plane of the mirrors opposite the side upon which rollers25 and 29 are mounted. More specifically, a feed roller 40 which may be similar in all respects to the roller 25 is supported on an axis coincident with the plane of the axis of roller 25 and its peripheral surface is preferably tangent with the plane of the table I1. Roller 40 is journaled in the bearing plates 26 and 21 and its supporting shaft is provided with a pinion 4I which meshes with the gear 31 on shaft 35 so as to cause roller 4| to rotate with and in the same direction as roller 25. Movably supported above roller 4I) is a co-acting feed roller 42 which for purposes of rendering the mechanism of the device readily accessible is carried upon similar arms 43 pivoted on an axis 44 in the bearing plates 26 and 21 respectively. The weight of roller 42 is effective to provide a driving engagement between the latter and the positively driven roller 4I so that the leading edge of a document after passing through rollers 25 and 29 Will be engaged by rollers 40 and 42, thus insuring completion of the passage of the document through the plane of mirrors 20 and 2I. As has already been indicated, the feed roller 42 may be moved to a disabled condition as shown by construction lines at 45 in Figure 8 to permit access to the parts of the device.

Referring now to the optical features of the invention, the principal of which is fully disclosed in the co-pending United States application, Serial No. 139,113, entitled Method of photographically copying checks, documents, etc., the mirrors 20 and 2| are preferably front surfaced plane strips which are carried in similar holders 41 which in turn are carried by generally triangularly shaped plates 48 and 49.

Plate 48 is rigidly connected to an upstanding arm 50 of bearing plate 21 and plate 49 is secured at 52 to a tie piece 53 which extends between and is anchored to the bearing plates 26 and 21. As shown in Figure 9, the mirror supporting plates 48 and 49 lies in a common plane normally disposed to the plane of the table I1 and the reflecting surfaces of the mirrors 20 and 2I define right angles with the plane of their respective supporting plates. The images of the face and reverse sides of a document are reiiected by the mirrors 20 and 2I respectively through a vertical slot 54' in a light trap plate 55 supported in spaced relationship to the right of bearing plate 21 by means of studs and thumb screws 56 and 51 respectively.

The vertical plane of the mirrors 20 and 2I as defined by construction line 22 in Figure 9 bisects the opening defined by the slot 54 in plate 55 and defines one axis of a lens system 23 of the camera I9.

The camera I9 as shown in Figures 10 and l1 is removably supported upon a shelf 58 defined by a horizontal plate which bridges similar upright members 59 carried by tie pieces I6 which extend between the main longitudinal frame members I4 and I5. Alignment of the lens system of the camera with the axis 56 is effected by spaced pins 60 which project upwardly from the shelf 58 to snugly engage suitable bores formed in the lower surface of the camera housing. The lens system 23 as indicated in Figure 11 is removably mounted in an upright boss 6I fixed to the shelf 58 adjacent its lefthand edge. The upper end of boss 6I is formed with spaced bearing arms 62 which movably support the pivoted end of a clampingbracket 63 which functions to retain the camera in operative position on the shelf 58. Bracket 63 is a generally L shaped contour and is shown particularly in Figure 11, its shorter leg being provided with a leaf spring 64, the lower end of which is turned at 65 to engage the under surface of shelf 58 when the clamp is in camera holding position. A leaf spring 66 secured intermediate its ends to the longer end of clamping bracket 63 functions to yieldably holdthe camera on the surface of the shelf.

A film (not shown) in the camera I9 is arranged to be advanced synchronously with the movement of a document through the field of the reflecting mirrors 20 and 2l by means including a short vertically disposed shaft 61 which is journaled to a subframe 68 which includes spaced bearing members 69 rigidly supported by depending standards 10 which in turn are carried by the shelf 58. Intermediate the bearing members 69 shaft 61 carries non-rotatably thereon a worm wheel 1I which is drivingly engaged by a worm 12 fixed to a shaft 13, the left end of which as shown in Figures 4 and 8 is fitted with a pinion 14 (Fig. 8) which engages the driving gear 31. Thus rotation of gear 31 functions to synchronously actuate feed rollers 25-29, 49-42 and shaft 13 which through the medium of worm 12 and worm wheel 1I rotates the shaft 61. As has been indicated, the shaft 61 is effective to advance the film in camera I9 and although the mechanism of the camera I9 constitutes no part of the disclosure of the present invention, it is pertinent to note that the upper end of shaft 61 defines a plane or surface driving gear which, when the camera is in operative position, engages a complementary gear to advance the iilm in the camera.

Referring now particularly to Figures 3, 4 and 8, the shaft 35 and hence the main driving gear 31 are arranged to be driven by means including an electric motor conventionally suspended on the under surface of spaced tie pieces I6 which bridge the main longitudinal frame members |4 and I5 adjacent the lefthand end of the machine as viewed in Figures 1 and 4. Shaft 35 projects leftwardly from the bracket plate 33 to receive a pulley 16 which is driven from an armature pulley 11 of the motor 15 through the medium of a belt 18. It will now be apparent that operation of the motor 15 will function to rotate driving gear 31 and hence the feed rollers 25-23, 43-42 and the shaft 13 and finally the mechanism of the camera |3\ Now coming to the means employed to automatically initiate a cyclic operation of the machine: In the normal or rest condition of the device, the feed roller 23 is elevated above the plane of the feed table I1 so as not to impede insertion of a document. More particularly, the levers 33 which support feed roller 23 for movement above the axis 3| `are provided with arms 33a which extend angularly downwardly between the pivotal axis 3| to carry similar pins 3317 which engage similar slots 83a in plates 83h which are rigid with the shaft 3|. A tension spring 13 acting between a fixed point in the frame ofthe machine and the plate 13 tends to rotate the latter in a clockwise direction as viewed in Figure 8 to cause the lower end of the slot to bear against the pin. A camming arm 83 (Fig. '7) xed to the shaft 3| is formed with a camming house 6| which rides upon an irregularly shaped cam 82 fixed to the shaft-35 so as to rotate therewith. As shown particularly in Figure 7, cam 82 is formed with a dwell surface 83 of such radius that the nose of camming lever 83 Will not prevent roller 23 from engagingv the peripheral surface of roller r25, but, if the rotation of cam 82 continues in a counterclockwise direction, a node 84 formed thereon serves to elevate camming lever thereby moving shaft 3| in a counterclockwise direction. This counterclockwise movement of shaft 3| is communicated to plate 83h which is fixed thereto and, through pin 33h, the levers 33 are likewise moved in a counterclockwise direction to elevate roller 23 out of engagement with roller 25 thereby destroying the feeding action of the latter. The arrival of cam 32 in its feed roller disabling position as shown in Figure 7 is availed of.

Referring now to Figure 14v in which the electrical circuits of the preferred embodiment of the invention are disclosed:

The driving motor 15 is connected to a source of electrical energy represented by the lead wires 3| and 92. A pair of similar normally open contacts 93 and 94 are connected in series between the lead wires 3| and 32 by conductors 35, 36 and 31. Interposed between the conductors 36 and 91 is a relay 98 comprising an armature 33 and a stationary field coil |33. It will be seen that field coil |33 is connected in series between conductors 36 and 31. Armature 33 is pivoted at |3| and includes a rigidly connected contact finger |32 which isarranged, upon actuation of the armature, to close a contact |33 which is connected to one terminal of the driving motor .15 by conductors |34 and |35.

'I'he second terminal of motor 15 is electrically connected to conductor 35 by a wire |36. It will now be apparent that a circuit may be established to the driving motor 15 from the lead wires 3| and 32 by closing the series arranged contacts 33' and 34 so as to actuate the armature 33 thereby closing the contact |33 to establish a circuit from lead wire 3| through conductors |36, |36, |34, contact finger |32 and lead wire |31 to conductor 31 and thence to lead wire 32.

It is necessary to illuminate the document as it traverses the plane of mirrors 23 and 2| and to this end upper and lower lamps |38 and |33 are connected in parallel with the above described circuits of the driving motor. As shown in Figure 14, lamp |38 is connected between the lead-in wire 9| and the conductor |35 by conductors ||3 and and the lamp |39 is connected between the same sides of the circuit by conductors ||2 and ||3. Thus, when a circuit to the motor 15 is established by the closing of contact fingers 33 and 34 and the resultant operation of relay 38, the lamps |33 and |33 will be simultaneously energized.

As shown in Figures 4, 8 and `9, vthe lamps |38 and |33 are supported above and below the plane of the feed table I1 and in close proximity to the left side of the mirror supporting plates 48 and 43 as viewed in Figure 9. The placement of the lamps is such that their light is cast upon the obverse and reverse faces of the document as it moves beyond the feed rollers 25 and 23 and the depth of the mirror supporting plates 48 and 43 as identified by their respective edges ||5 and ||6 (Fig. 4) is such as will prevent direct rays from the lamps from impinging upon the mirrors. 'Ihe contact fingers 33 and 34 of Figure 14 are shown more'particularly in Figures 4 and 9. They constitute spaced conductors ||1 and ||8 provided adjacent the upper ends of their respective vertical portions with contact points ||3. The lower ends of the fingers I1 and 8 are turned laterally and secured to opposite faces of insulating arms ||3 fixed to the oscillatory shaft 3|. Preferably thefinger ||1 is somewhat more flexible than the finger ||8 so that the former may be made sensitive to the impact of the leading edge of a document being fed into the machine. As shown in Figure 4, the feed rollers 25 ,and 23 are formed with spaced, aligned, peripheral grooves |23 and the fingers 33 and 34 are positioned to operate in spaced ,pairs of these peripheral groovesso that the leading edge of a document beingr fed into the machine will necessarily have to be aligned in order to simultaneously contact both fingers.

As has been pointed out heretofore, the feed roller 23 is elevated out of engagement with the roller 25 when the machine is in its stationary or rest position, the condition being effected by lever arm 83 which is actuated by cam 82 to rock shaft 3| and through the lost motion connection 33h-83a and arms 33 to raise the roller 23 out of engagement with roller 25. As shown particularly in Figure 9, the arms ||3 upon which the contact fingers 33 and 34 are supported will function to raise the latter into the plane of the feed table |1 momentarily prior to the action of the aforementioned lost motion connection to disable the feed roller 23. Thus, in the rest position of the mechanism, the contact fingers 33 and 34 will occupy the relative positions shown in Figure 9, that is, their resilient fingers ||1 will be interposed in the path of any document which is inserted in the machine.

Recounting now the circuit arrangement of Figure 14, it will be recalled that closing the contact fingers 93 as by the insertion of the document in the machine will function to energize the driving motor 15, as a consequence of which, shaft 35 will be rotated through the medium of belt 18 and pulley 19 so asto move cam 82 in a counterclcckwise direction from the position shown in Figure 7. Since the node 84 in the normal or rest position of the machine is directly under the nose 8| of arm 80, the arm in turn will be permitted to drop immediately after the beginning of the driving movement, as a consequence of which, shaft 3| will be rocked in clockwise direction so as to lower the fingers 93 and 94 out of the plane of the document on feed table l1 and the roller 29 will immediately thereafter be caused to engage the upper surface of the document so as to drive it positively through the piane of the mirrors 20 and 2|.

It remains to consider the manner in which the circuit to motor 15 is maintained after the' contact fingers 93 and 94 have been permitted to return to their normal or open position as a result of the passage of the leading edge of the document thereover. Referring particularly to Figure 6, it will be seen that shaft 35 carries a cam |2I, the peripheral surface of which is recessed at |22 throughout a short portion of its arc. The nose |23 of an arm |24 of bell crank V|25 rests in the recessed portion |22 of cam |2| when the machine is at rest, a tensile spring |28 acting between the pivotal mounting |21 and the outer extremity of arm |24 assuring proper operation. An angularly disposed arm |28 of bell crank |25 is positioned in the path of a pair of contact fingers generally designated |29 and is operative to close the latter when cam |2| is rotated suiiciently to rock the arm |24 of the bell crank from the position shown in Figure 6 to that position in which its nose rides upon the dwell surface |30 of the cam.

As shown in Figures 6 and 14, the contact element |29 constitutes a pair of spaced normally open contact fingers |3| and |32 which are electrically connected between the conductorsl |05 and |01. Momentarily, prior to the time when arm 90 operates to drop the contact fingers 93 and 94 to their inoperative and thus open position, the bell crank |25 will be rotated in a clockwise direction to close the contact |29, thus main-l taining a closed circuit from the conductor |05 to the conductor |01, thence to conductor 91 and nally to lead wire 92 so that the circuit to the driving motor will `not be broken.

Bell crank |25, in addition to its function of maintaining the circuit to the driving motor after disablement of the contacts 93 and 94, is operative to break the circuit to the driving motor at the conclusion of a predetermined movement of the machine. More particularly, the length of the dwell surface |30 will predetermine the time during which arm |28 of bell crank |25 will be maintained in circuit closing position and when cam 30 is rotated to the point where arm 24 may again drop into the recessed portion |22 the contacts |29 will be opened, as shown in Figure 6, thereby breaking the circuit between conductor |05 and the lead-in wire 92, as shown in Figure 14. It will likewise be apparent that the position of the cam 82 is such that when the circuit to the driving motor is broken through the medium of bell crank |25, the arm 80 will have risen to a point adjacent the extremity of node 84 So as to repositlon the contacts 93 and 94 inthe path of the next document to be fed while the roller 29 will have been elevated to inoperative position.

In operation the camera is loaded with a length of sensitized material suchas film and the documents to be photographed are successively placed upon the feed table |1 and advanced into contact with the upstanding contact lingers 93 and 94, a lateral edge of the document preferably being engaged with a vertical element |5| of the hood |50 to secure complete alignment. If the ingers of the contacts 93 and 94 are caused to engage one another, the circuit to the driving motor 15 is completed as a result of which shaft is rotated, the contact fingers are dropped out of the path of the document and the feed roller 29 dropped into' engagement therewith so as to feed the latter through the plane of the mirrors. After passing the plane of the mirrors, the leading edge of the document is engaged by the rollers and 42 and transit of the document is completed by these latter rollers which likewise lfunction to drop the photographed instrument into the hopper I9. Simultaneously with the beginning of the transit of the document through the machine under the feed rollers 25 and 29, the lamps |08 and |09 will be energized by the closing of the circuit established by lcontacts 93 and -94 and the film in the camera I9 will be fed` simultaneously with the movement of the document through the medium of the shaft 13 and its driving connection 14 and 31 with the shaft 35.

This application is related to the subject matter of the application of Joseph V. Weckbaugh entitled Method of photographically copying checks, documents, etc., Serial No. 139,113, led April 27, 1937. vIn the Weckbaugh application referred to, as well as in the present invention, the documents to be photographed are moved in a fixedl plane between angularly related coplanar reecting surfaces lin synchronism with the movement of a strip of sensitized material such as for example a lm or strip of sensitized paper. The document to be photographed is passed from a first to a second set of closely spaced feed rollers positioned on opposite sides of the common plane of the reflecting members and the synchronously moving sensitized material lies in a plane normally disposed to the plane of said reflecting members with the surface of the lm normal to the plane of the surface of the document. Preferably the median line of the lm is common to the plane of the surface of the document with the result that side-by-side images of the face and reverse surfaces of the document are formed on the sensitized material. f

It will be apparent that this method of photography, as well as the means employed to effect the method involved, result in great economy of film for the reason that images of both surfaces of a document may be formed in no greater length of lm than was formerly necessary in the recording of only one face of the document.

Furthermore, side-by-side relationship of the images of the front and reverse faces of the document preclude the possibility of confusing related images. Thus,v for example. the endorsements appearing on the reverse face of a check will invariably lie alongside of rather than above or below the image of the face of a check. 4

We claim as our invention:

1. In photographic recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of a document supporting table. a feed roller Journalled t adjacent the plane f said table with its perlpheral surface in the plane thereof, a second feed roller journalled on an axis movable toward and away from said first mentioned roller to cause said second mentioned roller to engage said first mentioned roller, a driving motor, a source of electrical energy in circuit relation with said motor, a movable, normally open switch in the plane of said table and in circuit relation between said source of energy and said motor, a second normally open switch in circuit relation between said source of energy and said motor, a driving connection between said motor and said first mentioned roller, means automatically actuated as an incident to closing of said first switch and energizing of said motor to cause said second mentioned roller to move into contacting relationship with said first mentioned roller, means to automatically close said second switch to maintain a circuit to said motor after said first switch has returned to open position, and means to automatically open said second switch after a predetermined movement of said first mentioned feed roller.

2. In photographic recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of a document supporting table, a feed roller jourlnalled adjacent the plane of said table with its peripheral surface in the plane thereof. a second feed roller journalled on an axis movable toward and away from said first mentioned roller to cause said second mentioned roller to engage said first mentioned roller, a driving motor, a source of electrical energy in circuit relation with said motor, a movable, normally open switch in the plane of said table and in circuit relation with said motor, said switch being adapted to be closed by a document being moved into feeding position between said feed rollers, a second normally open switch in parallel relation with said first mentioned switch, a driving connection between said motor and said first mentioned'roller and means automatically actuated4 asan incident to energizing said motor by/,closure of said first switch to cause said/second mentioned roller to move into contacting' relationship with said first mentioned roller, to move said first switch out of the/plane of said table to permit said switch to V-freturn to open position, and to move said second switch to closed position to maintain a circuit to said motor.

3. In photographic recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of a document supporting table, a feed roller journalled below said table with its peripheral surface substantially in the plane thereof, a second feed roller journalled on a movable axis above said first mentioned feed roller and adapted for movement into and out of engagement with the surface of said first mentioned feed roller, a driving mo- I tor, a driving connection between said motor and said first mentioned feed roller, a circuit from said motor to a source of electrical energy, a pair of series arranged, normally open contacts connected in circuit relationship betweensaid motor and said source of electrical energy, means to pivotally support said contacts for movement into and out of the plane of said document table, and means actuated as an incident to simultaneous closure of said contacts by a document on said table to effect seriatim; completion of a circuit to said motor, lowering of said contacts out o1' the plane of said table, and lowering of said second mentioned feed roller into co-operative reperipheral surface in the plane thereof, a second feed roller journalled on an axis movable toward and away from said first mentioned roller to cause said second mentioned roller to engage said first mentioned roller, a driving motor, a source of electrical energy in circuit relation with said motor, a driving connection between said motor and said first mentioned roller, means automatically actuated as an incident to energizing said motor tov cause said second mentioned roller to move into contacting relationship with said first mentioned roller, means to automatically break the circuit to said motor, and means to move said second mentioned roller out of engagement with said first mentioned roller.

5. In photographic recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of a document supporting table, a feed roller journalled adjacent the plane of said table with its peripheral surface in the plane thereof, a second feed roller journalled on an axis movable toward and away from said first mentioned roller to cause said second mentioned roller to engage said first mentioned roller, a driving motor, a source of electrical energy in circuit relation with said m0- tor, a driving connection between said motor and said first mentioned roller, means automatically actuated as an incident to energizing said motor to cause said second mentioned roller to move into contacting relationship with said first mentioned roller, and means to automatically break the circuit to` said motor after a predetermined extent of .operation and to move said second mentioned roller out of engagement with said first mentioned roller. Y

6. In photographic recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of a document supporting table, a feed roller journalled adjacent the plane of said table with its peripheral surface in the plane thereof, a second feed roller journalled on an axis movable toward and away from said first mentioned roller to cause said second mentioned roller to engage rst mentioned roller, a driving motor, a source of electrical energy in circuit relation with said motor, a movable, normally open switch in the plane of said table .and in circuit relation between said source of energy and said motor, a driving connection between said motor and said first mentioned roller and means automatically actuated as an incident to energizing said motor to move said switch out of the plane of said table and to cause said second mentiond roller to move into contacting relationship with said first mentioned roller.

7. In photographic recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of a document supporting table, a feed roller journalled adjacent the plane of said table with its peripheral surface in the plane thereof, a second feed roller journalled on an axis movable toward and away from said first mentioned roller to cause said second mentioned roller to engage said rst mentioned roller, a driving motor, a source of electrical energy in circuit relation with said motor, a movable, normally open switch in the plane of said table and in circuit relation between said source of energy and said motor, a driving con- 4 tioned roller, means automatically actuated as an incident to energizing said motor to move said switch out of the plane of said table and to cause said second mentioned roller to move into contacting relationship with said rst mentioned roller, and means to break said circuit,move said second mentioned roller out of engagement with said first mentioned roller and return said switch to the plane oi said table.

, 8. In photographic apparatus oi' the character described, the combination oi a document supporting table, feed rollers journalled adjacent the plane of said table with their peripheral surfaces in the plane thereof, a driving motor, a source oi' electrical energy in circuit relation to open circuit relation.

with said motor, a normally open switch in the plane of said table and in circuit relation with said motor, a mechanically actuated, normally open switch in circuit relationwith said motor and arranged to be closed to establish a circuit. to said-motor as an incident to closure of said nrst mentioned switch, a third normally open switch in circuit relation between said source of electrical energy and said motor, and means actuated by said motor to close said last mentioned switch to maintain a circuit to the motor after restoration of said first mentioned switches ALBERT L. ADA'I'm JOHN v. mzARs. 

